eyes outside the box

The town is very small, back and forth, just a few streets, two bridges, and a river adjacent to the town.Basically, it only takes an hour or two to take a walk after dinner and walk around the town.

Duan Jiuze likes to take a walk recently. He likes to walk around the town with Grandma Duan or Yang Bowen after dinner - except that he still doesn't like to talk.

Yang Bowen was with Duan Jiuze every day, inseparable, but rarely talked to Duan Jiuze.But his eyes seemed to hide a thousand words.

Duan Jiuze could see the emotion in Yang Bowen's eyes. He knew that Yang Bowen would have a lot to say, but now Duan Jiuze didn't have any intention of exploring.So what if we explore?If Yang Bowen could tell some effective information, in this world, when the two first met, Yang Bowen would have spoken.But he didn't say it directly. Instead, he imitated Yang Bowen's behavior in the previous world, so as to make Duan Jiuze realize that he also remembered everything in the previous world, and maybe even the memory of all the worlds.

Since Yang Bowen couldn't tell that information, Duan Jiuze's questioning was meaningless, so it was better to just keep silent, like an ordinary person, living a real and ordinary life every day.

Duan Jiuze sat in front of the desk, quietly watching the pattering rain outside the window, with a stern look on his face that had never changed, with indifference and fearlessness.

"Xiao Jiu, what are you doing hiding in your hometown? Listening to the rain?"

In sight, from far to near, two people holding umbrellas walked to the window, facing Duan Jiuze through the wide open window.

He knew each of these two people, and was familiar with each of them, but he couldn't say much.

It happened that Yang Bowen walked into the house with the fruits that Grandma Duan had cut in the kitchen, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a man and a woman in front of the window.

"Zeze, grandma just steamed pears, and later...is this...a friend?"

Grandma Duan walked into Duan Jiuze's bedroom with a smile on her face, and stopped before she finished what she wanted to say.He turned to look at the two people holding umbrellas in front of the window, and looked at Yang Bowen suspiciously.

Before Yang Bowen could respond, the person outside the window spoke up first: "Grandma, I'm Xiao Chuan. A few years ago, I came back and lived with Xiao Jiu for a while. It's just that I haven't been here for many years, and Grandma doesn't even recognize her."

Grandma Duan thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out who it was.But when he heard the tone of the visitor's voice, he knew that the visitor had a good relationship with Duan Jiuze, so he slapped his forehead and said something about the poor memory of the elderly, so he invited people to come in and sit down.

When Grandma Duan walked outside and was about to bring people into the house, Yang Bowen took advantage of the time before the people came, calmly looked at the rain outside the window, and said softly: "Zeze, it's going to be sunny."

Duan Jiuze didn't turn his head, he was still looking at the rain outside the window, but it seemed to see through a far away place."You're waiting for the weather to clear," he said.

Yang Bowen didn't answer this question, which is not a problem, but repeated again: "Only love and death can change everything."

"I said Xiaojiu, I brought Wenqian to your hometown, why didn't you respond."

As soon as Grandma Duan brought Lin Chuan and Wen Qian into the room, she went to prepare some fruit for the guests, and Yang Bowen also went to help.

As soon as the two left, Lin Chuan walked up to Duan Jiuze, with his back to the window, leaning on the desk, facing Duan Jiuze, wearing a suit, but talking casually.

Unfortunately, Duan Jiuze didn't talk to him.

"I said, Xiaojiu, you suddenly turned off the phone, and there was no one at home. If you didn't come to the company and didn't tell the HR side, I almost called the police, you know? Forget it, I don't know when you look like this. Then What, Qianqian, you two can talk, I'll talk to grandma for a while."

When Lin Chuan left, he deliberately closed the door behind him.

After Lin Chuan left, Wen Qiancai walked slowly to Duan Jiuze, looked at the silent Duan Jiuze, and said a few nonsensical words softly, she said: ——Senior, this is the first time I have received a gift.

——Zeze, today I am also a princess, but I will not marry a minister, I will marry you.

——At the end of the first semester of high school, I was next to the school's laboratory building and saw Yang Bowen holding you and kissing.

——Mr. Duan, starting tomorrow, Wang Zilin will be your assistant.

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After listening to Duan Jiuze's sentence, the originally distant things in his eyes slowly faded away.He turned his head slowly and looked at Wen Qian standing beside him, as if he knew her for the first time—although it was indeed the first time Duan Jiuze saw her in this world.

Wen Qian didn't speak anymore after Duan Jiuze turned around.She just looked at Duan Jiuze like that, but her eyes were calm.

The rain outside the window is still falling.Rainwater dripped down the eaves and fell into small puddles on the ground, splashing in irregular shapes.

The low-lying places where the water accumulates in the courtyard reflect the shiny green leaves washed by the rain.

Duan Jiuze and Wen Qian looked at each other in silence for a while, then turned their gazes out of the window.

"Zeze!"

Yang Bowen opened the door suddenly, and anxiously called Duan Jiuze's name.

Probably because he was used to Duan Jiuze not responding, Yang Bowen continued: "Grandma fainted."

Duan Jiuze looked at the low sky outside the window, and after a while, he slowly turned his head, as if he had just heard Yang Bowen's words.

Seeing that Duan Jiuze didn't respond, Yang Bowen simply stepped forward and dragged him away.

Duan Jiuze seemed to be still immersed in misty thoughts, dragged by Yang Bowen in a daze, and they went to the small town hospital together, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.

The negotiations with the doctor were basically done by Yang Bowen, Duan Jiuze stood aside expressionlessly, his eyes were looking straight ahead, and he didn't know where to focus his eyes, which made the doctor look in Duan Jiuze's direction several times .

Duan Jiuze looked straight ahead, watching the white mist gather little by little, and his eyes were a little bit clear.

He first glanced sideways at Yang Bowen beside him, seeing that Yang Bowen was still talking to Bai Wu who was facing him unconsciously, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold Yang Bowen's hand.

"Zeze, what's wrong?"

After Duan Jiuze saw that Yang Bowen had finished talking to him, he said sorry to the air opposite him, and seeing that he hadn't spoken to him, he continued talking to the air again.

But Duan Jiuze knew that in Yang Bowen's eyes, the world must not be transformed by white mist.He was completely different from what he had seen.

Looking around, in addition to Yang Bowen's figure, Duan Jiuze also found a not-so-solid figure, vague and vague, which seemed to be the figure of a woman.

Duan Jiuze immediately thought of Wen Qian.

Holding Yang Bowen's hand, Duan Jiuze ignored Yang Bowen's reaction and led the people closer to the figure little by little.

"Wen Qian."

The figure of the person opposite, after Duan Jiuze's shout, was finally as clearly visible as Yang Bowen.

However, Wen Qian didn't give any response to Duan Jiuze's shout, she just looked at Duan Jiuze calmly, just watched.

Yang Bowen shook Duan Jiuze's hand back, and said softly, "Zeze, what's wrong?"

Duan Jiuze turned to look at Yang Bowen silently. At this moment, the white fog was gone, and the hospital was still there.The smell of disinfectant in the breath is faint, like the irregular white mist.

Duan Jiuze stood with the others for a while, and suddenly asked Yang Bowen, "When will the game end?"

Everyone was stunned for a while, but their reactions were different——

"Ze Ze." Yang Bowen responded first, but his voice was full of uncertainties that only Yang Bowen could understand.

Lin Chuan looked at Duan Jiuze with a confused face, then at Yang Bowen and Wen Qian, and said in a daze, "Xiao Jiu, what did you say?"

Wen Qian took a deep look at Duan Jiuze, and responded silently, but a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

"The patient is awake, who is Zeze?"

A doctor wearing glasses and a white coat walked out of the ward, passing by several people while talking.

Although Duan Jiuze still looked at Yang Bowen, he heard what the doctor said.

Turning around, passing the doctor, Duan Jiuze walked towards the ward.

Grandma Duan was lying on the hospital bed, looking thin and small. Although her skin and flesh were old, she seemed to be in good spirits.

When Duan Jiuze entered, Grandma Duan was looking at the bare tree trunks outside the window with a smile on her lips, remembering something.

"Spring is still on the way."

Duan Jiuze pulled open the chair beside the bed, lowered her eyes slightly, and listened to Grandma Duan's words, but did not respond.

"Next winter, maybe another group of people will spend it with Zeze." Grandma Duan turned her head and looked at Duan Jiuze with a smile on her lips. "Grandma is so happy to be alive. Grandma will not Sad. Zeze, have a good time, and go out more often when you have nothing to do. Grandma likes Zeze when he is in a good mood."

Duan Jiuze looked at the old man on the hospital bed, for a while, he couldn't understand what the old man meant.

"Look at the tree in this hospital, it is different from the evergreen tree in our yard. This tree, year after year, will grow buds and new leaves, and the leaves will experience Withered and yellow, and finally withered, leaving only the bare trunk. But the tree was alive. Always alive."

The more Grandma Duan spoke, the lower her voice seemed to be a little tired.Finally, she closed her eyes, and the smile on her lips faded.

Looking at the sleeping old man, Duan Jiuze felt in a daze that he saw compromise on her face, a kind of compromise with fate and the world.

Everyone is alive, but everyone has a different definition of living and a different attitude towards living.

Before he knew that he was constantly reborn, Duan Jiuze had been living seriously. No matter which world he was in, he had plans for his future. No matter what happened, it was within controllable or acceptable range .This is Duan Jiuze's attitude towards life.

After knowing that he was reborn in a cycle, the first thing Duan Jiuze wanted to find was the truth, the truth of continuous rebirth.Because every rebirth ignores Duan Jiuze's personal will, Duan Jiuze can only passively accept the rebirth, and has no ability to refuse.So he has to find a way to end his rebirth and escape from this uncontrollable world.

But the last time he woke up with a fever, apart from wanting to end this rebirth game, Duan Jiuze slowly began to think about why he was alive.In other words, what is the significance of this circular game.

Ordinary people play games mostly to fight monsters and level up, but Duan Jiuze has lived in so many worlds, but he can't understand what monsters are, their levels, and how they are reflected in this looping game.

Duan Jiuze walked to the window, looked at the bare tree in front of the window, silent and focused.

"Zeze."

At some point, Yang Bowen also entered the ward. At this moment, he was standing beside Duan Jiuze, looking out the window with Duan Jiuze.

"Zeze, Wen Qian and the others are leaving."

"Wen Qian knows, grandma..." Duan Jiuze wasn't sure if Grandma Duan also lived in this world with mixed memories.

Yang Bowen turned his head, looked at Duan Jiuze's side face, and suddenly said something——

"Zeze, it will be over soon."

Duan Jiuze turned his head and looked at Yang Bowen: "You all know."

Yang Bowen did not answer, neither denied nor admitted.But his eyes contained too much information, so much that Duan Jiuze couldn't read all the emotions contained in it one by one.

Spring is still on the way.But can we really wait until spring?